Cook Only Once A Month – Feed Your Freezer

Cook Only Once A Month – Feed Your Freezer

If you find yourself without the time and/or energy to cook every night, you might want to try preparing meals to go straight in the freezer. Then meal time becomes as simple as reheat and eat.

Once A Month Cooking is possible, there are just a few things to keep in mind. Whether you’re cooking extra to store in your freezer for another day, or cooking up straight-to-freezer meals to last the week; OrganizedHome have a great collection of do’s and don’t.

Here’s just the tips for Soup:

Store the components, not the soup. Too often, frozen soups don’t satisfy. Overcooked vegetables, gritty stock and stringy meat are a table turn-off. Instead of freezing completed soups, freeze components: a container of chicken broth, freezer bag of just-cooked chicken in single meal portions. To assemble, sauté onions, celery and carrots in a skillet, and add the freezer broth. Stir in leftover cooked rice. Add the meat, heat–and serve a soup that stands the test of time.

Store now, thicken later. Yes, you can freeze thickened stews, but do you want to? Cornstarch and flour-based gravies can separate after freezing, and never seem to have quite the right texture. Better, freeze the meal first and add thickening after thawing.